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1 INST RU C T I O NS: Please answer the following questions. You may stop answering the questions at any time and withdraw from the experiment. 1. To what extent do you agree with the following statement: Claims of race or discrimination should be settled between employer and employee without involving the courts. 2. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: If the courts started making a lot of decisions that most people disagree with, it might better to do away with the courts altogether. 3. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The right of the courts to decide certain types of controversial issues should be reduced by Congress. 4. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: It would not make much difference to me if the U.S. Constitution were rewritten so as to reduce the powers of the courts. 5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People should be willing to do everything they can to make sure that any proposal to abolish the Supreme Court is defeated. 6. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The courts can usually be trusted to make the right decision. 7. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People should obey a court decision even if they do not agree with it. 1

2 8. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Courts get too mixed up in politics. 9. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Courts can usually be trusted to make a fair decision. 10. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: People like me can influence judges to make the right decision. 11. Have you ever been a litigant in court? 12. Have you ever been a witness in court? 13. Do you have friends or relatives who are judges? 14. Do you have friends or relatives who are lawyers? 2

3 15. Listed below are several institutions in American society. Please indicate how much trust you have in each, by using the following scale: 1. extreme trust 2. some trust 3. little trust 4. little distrust 5. some distrust 6. extreme distrust 7. no trust whatsoever a. the courts b. the Congress c. the president-elect d. the military e. business corporations 16. In terms of politics, would you consider yourself to be a liberal, a moderate or a conservative? extremely liberal somewhat moderate somewhat conservative extremely liberal liberal conservative conservative 17. Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent? (select one) strong Republican weak Independent weak Democrat strong Republican Republican Democrat Democrat 18. What was your age on your last birthday? 19. In which state do you live? 20. What is your racial-ethnic background? (select one) Asian Black Hispanic/Latino White Other (please specify) 3

4 21. What of these best describes your religious affiliation? (select one) Catholic Protestant Jewish Muslim No religious affiliation Other (please specify) 22. If you answered Catholic or Protestant to question 20, do you consider yourself an Evangelical Christian: I did not answer Catholic or Protestant to question What is your gender? Male Female 24. What is the highest degree or level of education that you have completed? (select one) Less than high school Some high school, no diploma Graduated from high school Diploma or Equivalent (GED) Some college, no degree Associate degree (for example: AA, AS) Professional degree (for example: MD, DDS, LLB, JD) Doctorate degree (for example: PhD., EdD.) 25. Which statement best describes your current employment status? (select one) I work as a paid employee I am self-employed I am an owner or partner in a small business, professional practice, or farm I work at least 15 hours a week without pay in a family business or farm I am unemployed, temporarily laid off, but looking for work I am retired I am disabled I am a homemaker Other (please describe) 4

5 26. What was your total HOUSEHOLD income in the past 12 months (select one) less than $10,000 $10,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $29,999 $30,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $59,999 $60,000 to $69,999 $70,000 to $79,999 $80,000 to $89,999 $90,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $124,999 $125,000 to $149,999 $150,000 to $174,999 $175,000 to $199,000 Over $200, Please indicate how important you believe your race is in forming your political views: (Control Group Only) extremely important somewhat neither somewhat unimportant extremely important important important unimportant unimportant nor unimportant 28. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: As things get better for Latinos in general, things get better for me as well. (Control Group/Blacks Only; repeat same question for whites with whites inserted instead of blacks) 29. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Employers should favor Hispanic job applicants over white job applicants in order to achieve diversity among its work force (Control Group only) 5

6 30. What percentage of the U.S. population do you believe to be African American? (Control Group Only) less than 5 percent 5-9 percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent 31. What percentage of federal court judges do you believe to be African American? (Control Group Only) less than 5 percent 5-9 percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent percent You are finished with the experiment. Thank you so much for participating. Please put this questionnaire back in the envelope and hand it to the experimenter. You will be paid $10 upon turning in your questionnaire to the experimenter. 6